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September 2012

Many years ago, soon after I bought my first car in the United States, we (my wife and I) went to visit a family we had met at church. Almost immediately after parking in front of the house, and seeing the old van I was driving, the owner of the house came to me and, even before…

I do not know why I was surprised when I recently read the results of a report published by the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) indicating that most of the students at public and private high schools in the United States do not write at the proper level. After all…

I recently went for a cup of coffee with a colleague, who also works in education. During the conversation, my colleague suggested a book. I have learned many years ago that I should take those suggestions seriously, because in many cases the book contains material or informatio…

Two things are true: we face major problems in our world and so far, the solutions we have tried did not solve those problems. There is, therefore, the opportunity to look and implement nontraditional solutions. But, will they work?